Baffling Autobox Problem

[Andrew Lundy]

I bet he has a broken CV joint!!!  It doesn't "stay" in park does it??  I
had them snap with no warning before.

What do I get for answering correctly??  I think the "fellow" should get a
new mechanic!!  Poor guy!!
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Andrew Lundy
fast928 at prodigy.net
90 80Q
91 90
95 90Q



----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander van Gerbig" <Audi_80 at email.msn.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 7:15 PM
Subject: Baffling Autobox Problem


>     Well a fellow emailed me with quite a brain buster.  We all know about
> the 3 speed autobox maladies, but this is new to me.  The car is akin to
> mine, '88 80, 43k miles, and a 3 speed box.  He tells me that one day out
of
> the blue the trans stopped engaging at all.  He starts the car, puts it in
> Drive and nothing happens, nothing in any gear for that matter.  Like
> nothing engages whatsoever.  He talked to the dealership in Hawaii where
he
> is located and they referred him to a tranny shop for a rebuild.  This
shop
> pulled the trans and saw no damage to anything, but they rebuilt it
anyways
> to be certain.  Once the car was back together again the problem
persisted.
> The trans shop yanked the tranny and showed him all the new parts,
confirmed
> that everything was in place, confirmed new seals, and so on.  New torque
> converter too.
>     I wrote back and asked about any weird noises.  He claims there were
> none before the day the car stopped moving.  No whining, grinding, odd
> shifting, grumbling, and so on.  He tells me that in all gears when the
> engine is revved nothing happens at all, no turning, no fluid movement in
> the trans, and definitely nothing moving.  Park engages and keeps the car
> from moving, but that is the only gear that works.  I asked him to check
the
> shift gate and he said that is working properly.
>     I sure as hell don't have a solution to this one.  He has contacted
Audi
> USA, dealerships, and I think I'm the last stop.  I'd like to help him,
but
> I ain't got a clue what could be wrong.  I told him to check the CV's and
he
> said one of them has a split boot.  Though if nothing is spinning at all
> then the CV doesn't mean anything.  Maybe one of the output shafts is
> spinning and the broken CV isn't transmitting any power to the wheel, but
> that causes lots of noise usually, like a clutch in a blender.  Tomorrow a
> mechanic is going to look at the CV, someone should have done that months
> ago and before the rebuild, but this is what happens.  Anyone got a hint?
>
> TIA,
>
> Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80
>
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